ABSTRACT
The transition to the E-learning format due to the current international epidemiological situation is stressful to all participants of the educational process that has a negative impact on their physical and mental health. This fact is the reason why purposeful formation of a health-creating university educational environment, which includes not only health resource saving, but health resource creating, is crucial. This approach makes it possible to avoid high resource consumption (leading to unavoidable depletion of body resources) which is associated with the risk of social and psychological maladaptation of educational process participants. This paper presents the results of the study including full-time and part-time students' perception of their E-learning experience during the pandemic. The research shows that students whose adaptation to the changing environment (transition to E-learning) was difficult demonstrate the following signs of social and psychological maladaptation: the feeling of social isolation, the educational satisfaction level reduction, the difficulties of self-organization, the health level reduction. It was revealed that the part-time educational environment requires more adaptation resources to cope with the situation of its transformation. The data obtained can be used in creating and managing the pedagogical and psychological support of the educational process of E-learning aimed at the prevention of social and psychological maladaptation. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.